Solved NIC#1009 - Zink VSR

nicanary · November 25, 2018, 06:45:53 AM

What is this car?

nicanary · December 16, 2018, 07:13:34 AM

Experts?

tobytwirl · December 16, 2018, 12:22:59 PM

American?

nicanary · December 16, 2018, 01:18:51 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 16, 2018, 12:22:59 PM
American?

Yes.

tobytwirl · December 16, 2018, 03:06:32 PM

European engine?

nicanary · December 16, 2018, 03:59:27 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 16, 2018, 03:06:32 PM
European engine?

Yes.

tobytwirl · December 16, 2018, 08:22:18 PM

Any Porsche connection?

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 05:24:53 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 16, 2018, 08:22:18 PM
Any Porsche connection?

Only in the very vaguest sense.......

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 07:46:10 AM

small manufacturer or one off?

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 08:16:32 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 17, 2018, 07:46:10 AM
small manufacturer or one off?

Small manufacturer.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 09:44:35 AM

Is the engine British?

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 11:46:01 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 17, 2018, 09:44:35 AM
Is the engine British?

No.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 12:58:08 PM

German engine?

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 01:05:32 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 17, 2018, 12:58:08 PM
German engine?

Yes.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 01:57:43 PM

Volkswagen?

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 02:47:49 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 17, 2018, 01:57:43 PM
Volkswagen?

Yes - hence the tenuous Porsche connection.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 05:14:50 PM

I think it might be a Zink. I have seen plenty of Zink Petite mk2 photos, but they were different. Then I found a one off with this bodywork - but a Ford engine. Finally I found one in 1968 that sported a Volkswagen type 3 engine and was raced by Bob Houston at Daytona and other tracks. I hope it is his Zink mK8.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 05:23:02 PM

Found your photo now, with its French text. So it is a Zink - VW but they don't quote which one. The one I have seen is a Z-8 (NOT A MK8).

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 05:34:31 PM

Ah, I understand that some Zinks had Jabro mk3 bodies - this is what the puzzle car has. There is also a 1965 VW powered Z-4 wearing the same bodywork. Earlier Zinks used different Jabro bodies, particularly on the more familiar mk2 Petites.

nicanary · December 17, 2018, 05:55:38 PM

You know more than me TT ! In my notes I have it down as either a Z-8 or Z-9. It's got a 1600cc VW engine and raced in American VSR events, a sort of contemporary series to Formula Vee for sports racing cars.

Well found as always.

tobytwirl · December 17, 2018, 07:19:23 PM

Not sure I do, those Jabro numbers vary from website to website, so I am no longer convinced it's a Jabro body at all!

nicanary · December 18, 2018, 04:11:55 AM

BTW I got the idea for using this Zink as a puzzle because I was reading a report on the 1969 Watkins Glen 6-hours and noticed that a Zink had optimistically been entered in the up-to-2 litre sports-racing class. It finished 13th overall and second in class to a Porsche 906! The other entrants in the class were a 904 which retired, 2 Sprites and a Unipower, all of which were flagged-off for being too slow.

That's how I find many of my puzzles, just stumbling upon them by chance in books or magazines.

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Solved NIC#1009 - Zink VSR